By the Right of the Council
Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon were still mesmerized by the sight in front of them. So many midichlorians in one little baby. Could Analeia be the one to fulfill the Chosen One prophecy? Or would it be her brother if they brought him back? It could be either of them. However, they just assumed her brother Anakin had just as many as Analeia, so they didn't quite know for sure. Or, even if the Council would approve of accepting Analeia and her whole backstory into the Order. But first, they had to see Yoda again. They had to report back to him the amount she had in her body.
"This is crazy... should we just go back up? Or use the comm center again?", Obi-Wan asked his master.
"Go back up. Something like this needs to be told in person," Qui-Gon responded, visibly nervous.
They rushed back to Yoda's room with Analeia, trying as hard as they could to avoid contact with any curious Jedi roaming around the Temple. Once they got back to his door, it was already opened for them.
"Come in, again, Master and Padawan. Report your findings to me, you will," Yoda said, walking up to them.
"Master Yoda, we have a very incredible number to report back to you...", Obi-Wan started.
"A large number you say?", Yoda interrupted.
"Yes. Quite...", he took a deep breath, "Master- Analeia has over 27,700 midichlorians in her body. More than any being ever recorded. More than any Jedi."
Yoda's eyes went wide. "An incredible find this is. But, troubling this may be", he closed his eyes and focused on Analeia, standing in front of him. "How she became of this, very hard to understand it is..."
"Master, my Padawan and I believe she may possibly be made, or born, from the midichlorians themselves. With a count like that, there's something strange going on. We believe she could even be the one from- the Prophecy...", Qui-Gon said.
Yoda thought deeply for a moment. "To the rest of the Council, this must be reported. The Chosen One she may be, the right of the Council will decide. Report to the High Council chamber in thirty minutes with Analeia, you will."
"We will. And, thank you, Master Yoda", the Jedi both said. They walked back out and started the walk up to the High Council chamber. They made it there with a few minutes to spare.
"How do you think they'll respond?", Obi-Wan asked, uneasily.
"Not sure. It can really go any way. Master Yoda seems to believe the story and is on our side, but I'm not sure about how the rest of 'em will react... They wouldn't initially believe the rumors, so who knows what they'll say if we have 'proof'...", Qui-Gon responded.
The next few minutes went by, until the doors to the High Council chamber opened up. The two Jedi and the baby went inside.
The large, orange, sunset bathed room held the most powerful Jedi masters of all. Some were in holographic form, as they weren't presently there. They all looked expectantly at the three people standing in front of them. They looked surprisingly at the feel of the powerful baby in their presence. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan bowed to their masters for a moment.
"Master Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan. We see you have brought a potential...initiate... to show us?", Master Windu spoke up.
"Yes, Master Windu," Qui-Gon responded first, taking Analeia by the hand, and standing with her in the center of the room.
"This is Analeia. My Padawan found her as a slave on Tatooine. Obi-Wan, care to explain?", he looked expectantly to his Padawan standing to his side, who looked equally as uneasy as him.
He walked into the center and stood next to Analeia. He looked at each Master sitting around him, and spoke.
"Yes, I found her on Tatooine during our slave freedom mission. She was with her mother and twin brother; I couldn't help but see her... use the Force... while I observed their mother working and them sitting with her-"
"But this was strictly a freedom mission, not a recruitment, correct?", Master Windu interrupted.
"Yes, Master, but, if you'd please let me explain-"
"You should've left that kind of job to our recruits," Windu continued, "It was not your place to recruit a youngling at this time. Especially one so young. How old is she?"
"She's only one year, Master, but I assure you she is incredibly powerful. I was originally going to free her mother and twin brother as well, but her owner had just sold them to a dealer, and wasn't willing to accept my 30,000 allowance as payment for the three of them. I could only take one. I chose her to free because she already showed ability to use the Force. She levitated desert objects without any prior training."
"She seems to be quite attuned, young Padawan. Who was in her family? Are they Sensitive as well?" Master Plo Koon asked.
"Well, I know you all didn't want to believe it before, but... the Skywalker rumor- the one about the miraculous twin birth on Tatooine- it's true... Analeia is a Skywalker twin. We received confirmation from her mother, Shmi. She told me that the twins have no father, and that she just 'woke up pregnant one day'. My Master and I believe that she and her brother could be a product... of the Force itself, Masters..."
The High Council all looked at the three beings in front of them, all with surprised looks on their faces.
"Are you referring to the Prophecy, that refers to the one that will bring balance to the Force? The one born from midichlorians?", Master Windu chimed in.
"Yes, we believe Analeia may be the One foretold in this Prophecy...", Qui-Gon responded instead.
"What is her count? We can feel her power, but we have yet to receive any confirmation that she is indeed that powerful...", Windu said.
"Masters, Analeia has over 27,000 midichlorians in her body, more than any Jedi in history. That's why we believe she may be a product of the Force, and why she must be trained," Obi Wan said.
The sound of that amount hit the Masters hard. That many midichlorians? How can this be just any Force Sensitive? Was she the real Chosen One?
"That is quite the amount, nobody has ever had that amount...", Master Windu started, "but we still need to see her use the Force. We haven't observed or tested her skills yet. And she is much too young for some of the tests..."
"Levitation test, give her we will," Yoda interrupted. Master Windu was about to say something to protest, but stopped himself from challenging the wise grandmaster's decision.
He held up a heavy, round object in front of the baby and let it fall in front of her. Before it could touch the ground, Analeia held out her hand vertically in front of her, and stopped the object in midair, without placing a finger on it.
The Council seemed impressed.
Interesting this is. For a baby this powerful and young, a more challenging test is required," Yoda responded.
"Master, I am not sure if this would be such a good idea", Master Windu protested.
Yoda waved his hand back to dismiss his words, stood up, and took his cane out from where it was next to his legs. He was a little unsure if it would work, but felt confirmation through the Force soon after, that it was alright to go ahead and do this.
He took his cane, and tossed it to the girl. It would be pretty heavy for such a young baby.
Miraculously, she saw it coming toward her, lifted her hand in the air and stopped it in midair, floating it above her. She started to set it down about five seconds later, skillfully placing it next to her on the ground, all still using the Force.
The council was impressed. "Wow... with no training...", some of them said in unison. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon felt that this was really going well, surprisingly. However, Master Windu didn't seem as impressed.
"I think she has demonstrated a lot of amazing potential, but, I believe it's been decided that Analeia will not be trained...", Master Windu said flatly.
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were shocked beyond belief. So were some of the Council members.
"May not be trained? Where is this coming from? Master, with all due respect, you just saw this baby levitate heavy objects in air. What other confirmation do you need that she deserves to be trained?", Qui-Gon said, almost becoming a little angry. He had to calm himself. He could not get mad like that in front of the Council.
"Master Qui-Gon, Analeia is much too young to be trained at our standards. She will absolutely be able to after she is about two or three years of age. But for now, I repeat, she may not be trained." Master Windu sounded very agitated.
"I'll train her. Obi-Wan still needs some training, but I can take her on as an initiate; it wouldn't be too much trouble", Qui-Gon attempted, running out of options.
"You may not do such a thing, Master," Windu started in a very stern tone of voice, "You are not allowed to take on two Padawans at once."
Qui-Gon felt very annoyed and so was Windu. But, an argument would not go well with the High Council.
Obi-Wan glanced at the baby next to him. What were they going to do with her now? People all around Coruscant would be looking for her by the Skywalker name or anything else that could give her away. The council didn't know yet that they'd intend to change her name, but they couldn't let such a powerful baby out into the world with no family. She already uses her powers skillfully. She could be dangerous. People would be after her, immediately.
"Masters, you would let such a powerful being walk away from the Order like this, without giving her a second thought on her training? She has been proved to be a Skywalker youngling from the rumor; people on the planet will be after her for credits, whether they know her name or not. She will use her powers at any chance she can get, she doesn't know better. That's why she needs to be trained to use them properly, in a safe place where she can't be sold for her story, or for her unusual amount of power," Obi-Wan tried to explain.
Yoda decided to speak up. "Very powerful Analeia is. But, very conflicted, I sense her midichlorians are. A mix of dark and light in her cells, but much more light there is, and intensely powerful she will become. Needs to be trained she does, uses the Force skillfully, she has begun to do. Cannot be let into the planet alone, her powers are too strong. But, my say, final it is."
Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon braced for Yoda's final decision. Maybe he could override Master Windu's "final decision".
"Preliminary training and care for Analeia, provide for her, personally I will. Nobody outside the Temple will know of her true name until die down, the rumor has. As said before I did, final this decision is", Yoda said.
"Wow... Thank you, Master Yoda", Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan both said in surprise. What an honor, her to be trained by the Grandmaster himself. And at such a young age. Master Windu was very surprised, but decided not to voice his disapproval again.
"May I ask one more thing, Master?", Obi-Wan asked, uneasily.
"Go ahead, Padawan", Yoda replied.
"What shall we do about her twin brother on Tatooine? He is a Skywalker as well, and may be just as powerful... Do we go back for him soon, or wait for him? If he has the same amount of midichlorians, he could also be a possible candidate for the Chosen One, but nothing is certain yet..."
Yoda thought for a moment. "Hmmm... about her twin; not to recruit him until the Skywalker name is not going around. Safe we must be about this. And, when go back for her brother you do, only in the next few months or years, must not know of his sister, he will. This way, safe their identities will be. Only one would be able to keep the Skywalker name. By the time go free him you will, not as well known their name shall be. It must be that changed, only her last name will be."
"Yes, Master Yoda, I agree. We were thinking of splitting Skywalker into two for her name. So it would read Sky as a middle name and Walker as her last. Would that do, Master?", Obi-Wan asked.
"Yes, good this name will be. Take on Analeia as my personal Jedi initiate, I do. By the right of the council, trained Analeia shall be. Leave her with me back at my room, tomorrow at midday, you will." Yoda said, as his final decision.
"Thank you Masters, and may the Force be with you", Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon said, bowing to the High Council, then walking out with Analeia.
They walked down the hall and all the way back to their shared dorm of the Temple with the baby.
"Well, that went well", Obi-Wan said, letting out a deep breath.
"Well, at least they finally agreed for her to be trained. And by Master Yoda himself," Qui-Gon said. He was visibly drained from that whole matter.
They walked into their shared dorm ready to spend the first-and last night in their room with the baby.
By the will of the Force, this powerful young baby girl will begin her preliminary training with the wise Grandmaster himself, tomorrow. And what an honor that will be.
